Bedspring cover



May 23, 1939. 'v A. SCHULMAN 2,159,535

BEDSPRING COVER Filed Oct. 23, 1936 INVENTOR QM K Patented May4 23, 1939 2,159,535

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BEDSPRING COVER v Albert Schulman, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application October 23, 1936, Serial No. 107,263

1 Claim. (Cl. 5-354) My invention is a bedspring cover 'provided bedspring, such, for instance, as the box spring with a peripheral band of dense, matted fibrous A shown in the drawing which has coiled springs material for preventing the marring' of the bed resiliently supporting metallic lattices connected frame by the sharp edges or points of the spring with metallic frame members.

5 members. l In accordance with my invention, the sharp 5 In the preferred embodiment of my invention, edges, corners or points at the outer portion of the bedspring cover includes a peripheral pocket the spring are sheathed by a layer of dense, or envelope providing an interspace for housing a matted, fibrous woven material which forms band of dense matted rfibrous material. Such a trough-like housing I overlying the periphlO band preferably consists of a multi-ply woven ery and top and bottom margins of the bedll) fabric having fine, tightly twisted strong warps spring. The side and end panels of the housand relatively large wefts of loosely twisted roving I are each preferably formed of a single recings which, when napped or teaseled, form a tangular layer 2 of multi-ply fabric, and the dense matted surface preventing penetration of corner panels of the housing are preferably each or scratching by sharp corners, edges or points formed of shaped multiple layers 3 of multi-ply l5 of the bedspring. Preferably the band is made fabric having ends of the panels 2 sewn between of side and end sections which are united at the them. corners by a plurality of thicknesses of the multi- As shown in Fig. 4, the sheathing fabric conply fabric. The pocket and band are made of sists of multiple plies of Wefts 4 formed of loosegreater width than the height of the spring so ly twisted cotton yarns or rovings bound together 20 that they overlie the margins of the top and botby thin, tightly twisted Warps 5;` the wefts being tom of the spring and are shaped at the corners Y napped and felted to form a dense impenetrable so as to lie flat thereon. The central portion of sheet having a soft surface.

the top or bottom of the spring, or both, is covered The housing I is encased within an envelope by ticking or the like which is sewn to the edges 6 formed of laminated sheets 'I and 8 of ticking, of the pocket. linen or like fabric and having their edges, and

VBy my improvements there is avoided not only the edges of the housing I, sewn to the overlay the marrin'g'. of` furniture by the sharp edges, 9 and underlay I0 of ticking, linen or similar `corners and points of the bedspring but there is material for covering the central portions of the prevented any bunching or balling of fibres leavtop and bottom of the spring. The laminations 30 ing unprotected spaces between them and form- I, 'I and 8 may, if desired, be further secured ing unsightly protuberances. together by cross stitching II.

The characteristic features and advantages of Having described my invention, I claim: my invention will further appear from the fol- A bedspring cover having an overlay of ticklowing ldescription and the accompanying drawing of less area than the spring to be covered 3f ing in illustration thereof. and a peripheral pocket connected to the edges of In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a. perspective view the overlay and containing a band consisting of of a bedspring having thereon a cover embodying multiple plies of wefts formed of loosely twisted my improvements; Fig. 2 is an enlarged transcotton yarns bound together by thin tightly 4,0 verse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of twisted warps, the wefts being napped and felted 40 Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional to form a dense impenetrable sheet having a soft View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 surface, and said pocket and band being of subis a greatly magnified diagrammatic view of a stantially channel-shape with parallel flanges multi-ply matted fabric suitable for incorpora.- adapted to engage the top and bottom surfaces tion in my improved cover. of a bedspring. 45

My cover ls applicable to any usual type of ALBERT SCHULMAN. 

